Kohane Ushioku

Kohane Ushioku (牛奥 小羽; born 17 August 2004) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She won a silver medal in the team events at the 2022 Asian Games and 2021 Summer World University Games. She will represent Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career
Ushioku helped the Let's Gymnastics club finish ninth at the 2018 All-Japan Team Championships. She placed seventh in the vault final at the 2019 All-Japan Event Championships. She then finished 30th in the all-around ay the All-Japan Junior Championships but had the third-highest score on the vault. At the 2019 All-Japan Team Championships, she helped her club repeat its ninth-place finish.

Ushioku became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2020, but most competitions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, she finished 68th in the qualification round of the All-Japan Championships.

2021–2022
Ushioku finished 66th in the qualification round of the 2021 All-Japan Championships. She then finished seventh in the vault final at the All-Japan Event Championships. At the All-Japan Team Championships, she had the highest vault score and helped her club win the silver medal behind Nippon Sport Science University.

Ushioku finished 26th in the qualification round at the 2022 All-Japan Championships. At the All-Japan Event Championships, she won the vault title. Her club finished fifth at the All-Japan Team Championships, and she had the second-highest vault score behind Shoko Miyata.

2023
Ushioku made her international debut at the Cottbus World Cup, but she did not advance to any finals. She placed tenth in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships, and she placed ninth at the NHK Trophy. Then at the All-Japan Event Championships, she won the bronze medal on the vault and finished sixth on uneven bars and seventh on floor exercise.

Ushioku helped the Japanese team win the silver medal at the World University Games. She then won a silver medal with the Japanese team at the Asian Games. Individually, she qualified for the all-around final, but she withdrew after injuring her leg during the warmups.

2024
Ushioku finished 14th in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships but had the second-highest score on vault. She then finished ninth in the all-around at the NHK Trophy. Because of her strength on vault, she was selected for the final spot on the Japanese Olympic team alongside Shoko Miyata, Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, and Mana Okamura.